New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-10-30
PUBLIC MEN ANDTHEIR TALK
SUGGESTIONS AND COMMENTS OBTAINED
AT THE HOTELS AND ELSEWHERE.

AT THE HOTELS AND ELSEWHERE.
The energetic and bustling president Of the Garhcd
National Bank, A. c. Cheney, has some pronounced
and practical ideas subjects other than banking hs
president OF the National Board Of steam Navgatoh'
he has made study Of various phases OF navigation
and has recently become the earnest and strenuous
advocate of system OF Government inspection ior
sailing craft and Government licenses for sailing mas
tiers. On this subject he said There Is no carthy
reason why the hall and equipment Of steam vessei
should be required to pass inspection ana NOT inc "
and equipment Of a sailing yacht. The yachts carry
passengers and are exposed to the same dangers as
steamers. They are, indeed, exposed to greater dan
ger from the strain Of sails, spas and rigging III
case Of collision and leakage they have no steam
pumps to keep them afoat. There has been muoh
serious loss Of life sail yachts within few years
because they not manned with competent SAILING
masters. vessels only allowed to navigate
under the charge of engineer master licensed by
the Government The sailing master should DC re-
qurcd to hold similar license, granted after an eA
animation Of his knowledge Of rules of sailing clan
the winds and tides, etc. 1t would be abSuri' u IL
were not so serious, that the Government makes such
discrimination between the two classes of craft
In Buffalo rnmbngs arc heard of the discomfort his
old fellow Democrats and townsmen express against
President Cleveland Ex MAYOR Jonathan Scovllle,
who was ono Of his former companions, one OF The
weathcst citizens of Buffalo, Is quoted as saying
know his old friends" General George = Field the
engineer I'm charge Of the bridge the Hudson
at POughkccpsc, held a 81 ate appointment undei Wv
ernor Cleveland and was accounted one al MS
friends He talking to General H. A. Elmer re-
Gently when he said Mr. Cleveland has done scarcely
anything that he asked to do by his old iinhaio
friends. and he has done great many things con
trary what requested or advised We thihh
that the least he might have done was 10 give 'ho
Buffalo boys a dinner apiece they drifted down to
Washington from time To time, not 80 mlch lor 'ho
dinner as to treat them we'll II Is a fact that Mr.
Cleveland is best lkcd where lac is the least known
will best for Office where he IS not known al
ALL"
When pittsburc developed the natural gas fields in
its vicinity IL lost the title Of smoky city that was so
long associated with It's existence. The nickname was
earned from the great clouds That hung over IN" c'y
as the result of its enormous consumption of bitnm
nous coal Persons living in the cities Of the East
where anthracite coal IS the principal fuel have hiic
conception of these clouds If smoke that arise from VI"
burning of soft coal Brooklyn IS 10 have some cN
perence however. as some Of lis manufaci urcrs arc
adopting bltumnous coal instead 0f anthracite l. T.
Prime who IS connected with large iron manuiactnr
ing establishment In the city Of Churches remarked
yesterday: have found that by the Use Of soft coal
wc can develop one hundred horse power IN
furnaces and hOi IS that with hard coal gave Us onN
eighty horse power You stir soft coal accelerate
whereas the hard coal must be let alone. We get an
additions combustion by blowing. but II docs not then
mp To soft coal -. steam purposes me PIN
mnous coal that comes from rnc i-r-'.lI ~,
trct In Pcnnsy There other soft coal fields
In that state They now supply the ocean steamers
with son coat !. !. nearly equal To the English coal
Tho OF Of The largest steamers told
me that the Pcnnsylvanla coal gave them within SIX
per cent good results a. the English coal
The temperance Of ex-senator Alien g. Thurman
on the political platform IN Ohio to make what is
avowcdly his last public speech Is pathetic lie was
dragged Out to make olcisancc 10 tn" Cleveland "a
mlnstration, by which be has been numerically
snubbcd and ignored. In his own state when the
party had opportunity to show iis appreciation of
his ability II took the cold cash ~ a wealthy combna
ton to elect Henry b. Payne to the senate. The can
didaic for Governor In Ohio, General Powell was one
of the delegates at the last National Democratic Con.
vcnrion who put the knife into Mr. Thurmans back
and turned 1t around II must have been hard task
for the old Roman to appear In their behalf. ahd
the dryncss Of his speech f. easily accounted FOR
General j. Warren Keller In falling about Judge Thur
man recalled the arguments that Thurman used to al
vance UPON the stump reference 10 Republic
cess sccuriu. resumption Of -prci" payments. TIC
resumption Of specie payments, be- would -ay IN sui.
the rainfall the air II j. due TO Providence which
gave abundant CROP ~hiio tir sl"i~ IN IuT"l"
failed, thus creating balance Of trade In our favor
sending gold here and enabling MS to resume SAID
General kcifcr: " The Republican speakers answered
all this I'm humorous mood. They declared that al
milling the Judge to be- correct two things could lc
dent that Providence was not ou tl' side Of The Demo
Gratis. And. second. while Providence might not h-'
the side Of the Republicans. Pofdrnrr must thnA
pretty Wcll ~ their financial sD~a'uy. The Julr
that